Reunion! (from August P & S)
Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 6:01PM “Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms, the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.” Cyril Connolly
The truth is, we are all part of that main river we call Lenox School. It should come as no surprise that as we approach the legacy years of the last few classes to graduate, the challenge of drawing more alums back to our annual get-together will become more challenging. Yet we were pleasantly surprised by the number of grads from Lenox ’69 who assembled last year for their legacy (and we want to see them again this year!!)
We have started as early as possible in seeking to generate bigger numbers and have been targeting the classes with graduating years ending in 0 or 5 (1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, etc thru 1970) to make this a legacy reunion and hopefully flood the event as we never have before.
Toward this end we have engaged with a few classes already to help them contact their classmates. In fact, the class of 1964 is already active and we hope they use this year as a warm up for their legacy anniversary next year! The dates for this reunion this year are OCT 15 and 16 and you will find herein the reunion response form (to send into me along with dues) along with the reunion weekend agenda.
“History cannot give us a program for the future, but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves, and of our common humanity, so that we can better face the future.” Robert Penn Warren
By the time this goes to print, we will have accomplished some fairly important tasks which I feel inure not only to the benefit of the members but also honor the memory of those who have gone before us. Let me summarize:
1. Thanks to the incredible efforts of one of our alumni (Randy Harris asked that he not be named as the principal author of this, so I won’t name him as the principal author… let’s just say he’s an author….) we have a wonderful document completed, which is titled “The Lenox School Campus History”. It memorializes the history of the campus we all knew; and the story that comes forth from this document is nothing short of incredible and captivating.
2. On July 27th 20 plus Lenox alums, wives and masters assemled in Lenox for a memorial service honoring the memory of Canon Whitman ‘33, who was so instrumental as the Rector of Trinity Church for 31 years and as a board of trustees member in contributing to and guiding Lenox for so many years.
2.1 We have our first Rev. Curry Scholarship recipient identified; and this individual will be formally announced at our reunion dinner.
2.2 The LSAA web site now has not only “The Lenox School Campus History” available in it, but we also have included a paper detailing the work done by the Quo Vadis committee regarding the prospect of resurrecting Lenox school (The Feasibility of Re-establishing The Lenox School”).
2.3 Here is your chance to memorialize your version of the legacy of Lenox: we are continuing work on the Lenox School Book of History and Memories Project that will be yet another means of creating an enduring legacy, as well as being an enjoyable read and trip back to the past. Essential to this Project are your recollections of our School and its campus and so I encourage you to contribute to the effort by submitting them as requested.
“The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection.” Leonardo da Vinci
I am going to make this my shortest President’s message (I am sure much appreciated by our Editor and many of you!!) by making a simple 3-part decision tree for whether you should attend the 2010 Lenox School reunion or not:
1. If you have not been to any of our Lenox School reunions, come to this one!
2. If you have been to one of our Lenox reunions, you don’t want to miss this one, so come to this one!
3. In the event you are not sure of the answer to #1 or #2 above (and this is the universally correct answer) - attend the 2010 reunion.
If you contact me, we will find a way to provide you with a contact list of your classmates to facilitate reaching them (along with the 3-part decision tree above) to ensure they are planning to attend this year. As Leonardo exhorted, come escape your imperfections and reunite with us at the Lenox School 2010 reunion!
Bob Sansone
President, LSAA
Lenox ‘68
860-916-1467
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